Thanks, Dahlek, for your support of the charts. Mel--I think we were worried about you expending a lot of energy investigating whether his insurance would cover IVIG when there were lots of things to be looked at before that point, and when even that is something the doctor would take care of if and when.

If Alan has had the tests for auto-immune disorders that were recommended when his first ANA was positive, and his doctor is doing a very thorough work up now, would you share the results with us?

Alan's pn most seems like the idiopathic type, being stable or improving for many many years, but it does seem he needs a connective tissue disease work-up and autoimmune as on the charts.

If the doctor has done all this, great! Can you share the results with us? Or do you feel it's private. That's okay, too, just let us know that, so we'll all stop bugging you.